Bicycle Clown
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Bicycle Clown
- Publication date
- 1958
- Usage
- Public Domain
- Topics
- safety, kids in peril, sid davis
- Publisher
- Sid Davis Productions
Because of his recklessness and foolish behavior, Johnny has an accident while riding his bicycle. His brother finds there are several reasons for Johnny's accident and helps him to overcome his attitude and improve his bike riding habits.
While mild compared to other Sid Davis films, we still can see the Sid Davis trademarks: voice-over narration, kids in peril and great illustrations.
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- Addeddate
- 2005-06-03 08:01:59
- Color
- color
- Identifier
- bicycle_clown
- Sound
- sound
- Type
- MovingImage
- Year
- 1958
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Reviews
Reviewer:
Dodsworth the Cat
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January 30, 2024
Subject: What Makes Jimmy Be Like Sammy?
Subject: What Makes Jimmy Be Like Sammy?
A young man, "good and dependable," is motionless after a car accident. Someone decides to psychologically investigate why it happened, questioning people, even discovering a failure in sports may have contributed.
Yes, this sounds exactly like the plot in Sid Davis' "What Makes Sammy Speed?" (1957). But it's also the story line of this film made a year later, though it involves a careless boy on a bike. It even has the same inappropriate doop-de-diddle-a clip-clop music at 5:44 as in the other short film.
The difference here is the kid's older brother is the investigator as opposed to a cop. The boy narrator reads his lines better than the monotone actor in the other film, who ignores punctuation in his copy.
In this case the kid lives, unlike the speeding Sammy, who morphed into Tom Robinson in a later Davis cartoon, "Wild at the Wheel." One story, three films.
Yes, this sounds exactly like the plot in Sid Davis' "What Makes Sammy Speed?" (1957). But it's also the story line of this film made a year later, though it involves a careless boy on a bike. It even has the same inappropriate doop-de-diddle-a clip-clop music at 5:44 as in the other short film.
The difference here is the kid's older brother is the investigator as opposed to a cop. The boy narrator reads his lines better than the monotone actor in the other film, who ignores punctuation in his copy.
In this case the kid lives, unlike the speeding Sammy, who morphed into Tom Robinson in a later Davis cartoon, "Wild at the Wheel." One story, three films.
Reviewer:
Jimfink48
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July 25, 2014
Subject: Me
Subject: Me
Actually the bicycle clowns name is Jimmy. And believe it or not, I am the Bicycle Clown. Made the movie 56 years ago......
Let me know if you want my autograph... LOL
Let me know if you want my autograph... LOL
Reviewer:
The_Emperor_Of_Television -
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January 24, 2013
Subject: Decent effort
Subject: Decent effort
Probably did a decent job at the time.
As other reviewer notes, it's mainly worth seeing to see 1950s cars, fashions, etc.
As other reviewer notes, it's mainly worth seeing to see 1950s cars, fashions, etc.
Reviewer:
Bob Capps
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July 14, 2006
Subject: Fifties bike safety short
Subject: Fifties bike safety short
Bicycle safety short subject about Jimmy the jerk who clowns around on his bike. Worth watching for the fifties fashions, automobiles, and the cool Schwinn bike shop. You just know that obnoxious Jimmy is going to get nailed by a car, and he does. He lives, and his brother the enabler will take care of him, and everybody will live happily ever after.
Reviewer:
Spuzz
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January 29, 2006
Subject: Vagrants beware
Subject: Vagrants beware
When Jimmy gets hurt after running into a car on a bike, his brother seeks answers about why Jimmy acted like this and starts interrogating every person that knew Jimmy about his bike habits, from his school teachers to the guy who runs the bike store. It¡¯s interesting though, that he doesn¡¯t go to the first place you would think of, and that¡¯s his home and their parents. Actually, they aren¡¯t mentioned at all during this piece, which made me think that they were a bunch of no good street punks in the hard hitting town of Gledonra, California.
PS, no clowns to speak of here. Which is too bad. When I heard this title, I was expecting a mix of the Bike Monkey film One Got Fat with If Mirrors Could Speak : Self-Image Film with the clowns and the mirror and what have you. Guess not.
PS, no clowns to speak of here. Which is too bad. When I heard this title, I was expecting a mix of the Bike Monkey film One Got Fat with If Mirrors Could Speak : Self-Image Film with the clowns and the mirror and what have you. Guess not.
Reviewer:
Christine Hennig
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July 20, 2005
Subject: This Is My Class Report on Jimmy, My Doofus Younger Brother
Subject: This Is My Class Report on Jimmy, My Doofus Younger Brother
A boy poorly narrates the story of his younger brother Jimmy, a kid who clowns around on his bike in order to impress his peers and thinks safety rules are for sissies. Since this is a Sid Davis film, he is punished for this by getting into an accident which results in him getting gauze wrapped around his head, his arm in a sling, and being confined to a hospital bed. JimmyÃÂs brother becomes obsessed with finding out why this happened, even though itÃÂs obvious from the beginning that Jimmy is an idiotic daredevil. This is one of the tamer Sid Davis films, though.
Ratings: Camp/Humor Value: ***. Weirdness: **. Historical Interest: ****. Overall Rating: ***.
Ratings: Camp/Humor Value: ***. Weirdness: **. Historical Interest: ****. Overall Rating: ***.
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